Cake Class 101!

I've taken my first cake class and it was so much fun! Wait, lets back up a little bit. I found a listing on a newsletter about a cake decorating class, something I've always wanted to do so, I thought, why not? I scheduled my orientation and took my first step. When I arrived I saw all these women working on cakes in the middle of the shop. They have the class set up that you can work at your own pace on your own time, my kind of class! Everyone was working on different cakes at different levels and the teacher walked around and personally instructed each student. Let me also say, the class is pretty cheap and looked like fun, so I signed up!
Then they handed me the list of supplies I needed to buy- pans, tips, frosting bases, knives, spatulas, spoons and cake carriers to name a few. It was like having another child, I secretly wished there was a registry, so much for the class being cheap! But, I forged ahead into the sugary madness to cake decorating. They sent me home with my list of supplies to buy and what I needed to bring back for my first class. I was going to be making a butterfly cake, what fun!